In response to the State Integrity Investigation grades handed out to states in March, some states have introduced and moved forward with ethics reform and corruption prevention legislation, including legislatures in the Midwest.Legislators in Michigan have pushed the Reform Government…
No Midwest Democracy Network states rank higher than 10th in a 50-state ranking of state transparency laws and corruption risk standards, and none received a higher grade than C. Michigan’s F grade ranks amongst the lowest in the country, while…
The Campaign Finance Institute has published an article in the peer-reviewed Election Law Journal called “Small Donors, Big Democracy: New York City’s Matching Funds as a Model for the Nation and States.” Michael Malbin,…
Network partner Michigan Campaign Finance Network followed the money spent in the first quarter of 2012, and issued a report breaking down the $7.6 million in television ad spending. While candidates spent a good portion of that amount, the Finance…
Demos has released a new report on immigrant voter turnout and registration showing that structural barriers still exist for new citizens when they want to register to vote. Restrictive requirements, language access, socioeconomic status, location of immigrant community, and country…
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Rich Robinson of Network partner Michigan Campaign Finance Network wrote in Bridge Michigan that the current Secretary of State’s initiative to increase transparency do not go far enough, and only address past problems, not some of the issues…
An editorial in the Detroit News highlights the findings of Network partners Justice at Stake and Brennan Center for Justice in their report, the New Politics of Judicial Elections, a portion…
The Detroit News writes in an editorial that Michigan is in need of stricter campaign finance disclosure rules, such as those proposed by Secretary of State Ruth Johnson. However, they note, more can be done to require disclosure of PAC…
Two new reports from Network partner Michigan Campaign Finance Network show an increase in spending by non-candidate groups in the 2010 elections and an increase in spending by lobbyists in the state to wine-and-dine legislators.Independent…
On Friday, August 26 and Saturday, August 27, Midwest Democracy Network will be attending the Democracy Convention in Madison, Wisconsin. The conference will be covering many of the issues…
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